Heba Elkouraichi

My name is Heba Elkouraichi, and I am a junior and IB diploma candidate at Yonkers High School. I first began my journey with NGP this past summer, with the Summer Civic Fellowship and the NGP Round Table podcast, where I was exposed to different experiences and perspectives in regards to current events, sparking a passion for civics and deliberation. This year, I am fortunate enough to return to the NGP Fellowship as a lead fellow, and be able to continue pursuing my passion for civic engagement while doing my part to help guide others to do the same.

I am thrilled to also be a part of the NYC Youth Agenda Steering Committee, and a member of the Citizen University Youth Collaboratory’s summer cohort. I am also looking forward to finally realizing my Democracy Camp civic action project, through which I hope to make talking about mental health issues a more normal part of our everyday conversations.